#16408E#16408E

#16408E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.138 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16408E
RGB	rgb(22, 64, 142)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(219, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 54.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 16.60, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 50.07, 289.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% -0.0206 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.138 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0450, 5.7895, 26.3321)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16408E #8E6416

analogous

#167C8E #16408E #28168E

triadic

#16408E #8E1640 #408E16

tetradic

#16408E #8E167C #8E6416 #168E28

square

#16408E #8E167C #8E6416 #168E28

split-complementary

#16408E #8E2816 #7C8E16

monochromatic

#061024 #0E2859 #16408E #1E58C3 #3D77E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#16408E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#16408E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16408E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16408E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16408E	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16408e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 64, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.138 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a74b0',
    500: '#16408e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16408e;
$custom-light: #6a74b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16408e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39253,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16408E

secondary

#C1933F

accent

#AF38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16408E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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